Metallic tie.



J. ALBRIGHT.

METALLIC TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1912.

1,077,209. Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO..WASNINGTON. b. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ALBRIGHT, OF GREEN CITY, MISSOURI.

METALLIC TIE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN ALBRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Green City, in the county of Sullivan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawin s.

This invention relates to railway ties and more particularly to improvements in hollow metallic ties.

The primary aim of the invention is to provide a tie of this type which will be light in weight and possess substantially the same resiliency as the ordinary wooden tie.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the tie that when properly embedded in the roadway, it will not be liable to displacement either laterally or in the line of extent of the tracks.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combina tion and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the appended claim, it being further understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views: Figure 1, shows a section on line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2, shows a side elevation of the tie.

In carrying out the object of my invention, I employ a rectangular sheet metal blank, which is bent to provide the curved base 10, the convex side of which is presented downward and extending from this curved base 10 in parallel spaced relation are the sides 11. At the line of juncture of each side 11 with the base 10 the body of the tie is outwardly bulged as at 12 substantially on the arc of half a circle, the bulge protruding beyond the plane occupied by the respective sides 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The sides 11 are supported against col- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1912.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913. Serial No. 698,538.

lapse by means of end and intermediate brace members indicated respectively by the numerals 9 and 14, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. These end and intermediate mem bers are of counterpart construction, though the end members 9 are longer than the single intermediate member 14, as is shown in dotted line in-Fig. 2. Each of the members 9 and 14 is formed of a rectangular sheet metal blank, and includes a top supporting portion 13, and the parallel extending side members 14.

The lower edge portion 16 of each of the sides 14 is disconnected from the sides 11, of the tie, as shown in Fig. 1, and is bent substantially in the arc of a semi-circle, the end of which is arranged to rest upon and contact with the curved base 10. This construction provides a circular channel below each side of the tie.

As shown, the end and intermediate members are secured to the sides 11 by means of suitable rivets 15. The sides 14 fit snug against the inner faces of the tie sides 11.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the sides of the tie are yieldingly supported through the intermedium of the curved bottom 10, and the curved portions 12 and 16.

As shown in Fig. 1, the upper faces of the end and intermediate members 9 and 14 end in alinement with the upper edges of the sides 11, and it is upon the members 18 and the edges 11, that the rails R rest in the manner shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it will be understood that when pressure is exerted upon the mem bers 9, and the sides 11, the tendency is for the sides of the body to recede from each other owing to the curved bottom 10, and it is this construction that adds resilience to the tie.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

A tie comprising a body having a base and upstanding sides, the said body at the lines of juncture of the sides with the base being outwardly bulged, and brace members each comprising spaced sides and a connecting top portion, the sides of the brace members being secured to the sides of the body In testimony whereof I aflix my signailnd having their lower portions inwardly ture, in presence of two Witnesses.

Julged and opposin the outwardl bulged portions of the body the lower edgbs of the JOHN ALBRIGHT' 5 bulged portions of the brace members rest- VVit-nesses:

ing upon the upper surface of the base of RANDOLPH BROWN,

the tie. W. C. GREEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

